Wow. 😳😳😳 Field Law represented the first years of my case against the public school board that fired me for being #trans.
I felt they did a good job, so I am inferring that this guy never came close to my case.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-lawyer-kc-field-rob-rakochey-resigns-email-1.7207814
#ablaw
#cdnlaw
#transphobia
#sexism
#KC
#KingsCounsel
#yyc
#yeg
Calgary lawyer resigns from firm after sending 'disturbing' and 'misogynistic' email | CBC News
A Calgary lawyer has resigned after sending an email described by his firm as “deeply disturbing” in which he twice refers to women as “a person with a vagina” and repeatedly mocks transgender people.
@peterdeppisch That was a good article yay TVO. Also,
"Is there any BENEFIT to receiving the honorific #KingsCounsel ?" TorStar doesn't think so (you get a nicer robe and can put "KC" after your name)
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2023/07/05/kings-counsel-is-the-controversial-title-awarded-to-caroline-mulroney-and-other-doug-ford-allies-what-exactly-does-it-mean.html#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20provincial%20government's,the%20public%20and%20their%20communities.%E2%80%9D
There *may* be some seniority in the profession conferred as per
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/queens-counsel
but Lawyer GF sez she hasn't seen any evidence of this. "But you DO get to jack your rates because you have `KC` after your name and your clients *THINK* you're a better lawyer.
Explainer | ‘King’s Counsel’ is the controversial title awarded to Caroline Mulroney and other Doug Ford allies. What exactly does it mean?
The Ontario government stopped handing out the title in the 1980s because it was largely seen as a patronage tool.
More than a dozen King’s Counsel lawyers donated to Ontario Attorney General Doug Downey
Attorney General Doug Downey’s office denied there is any connection between the donations and the decision to award the King’s Counsel honour.
The Ontario attorney general is giving out King’s Counsel honours again, with himself and a bunch of cabinet ministers in the first batch.
#OnPoli #Ontario #Toronto #DougFord #KingsCounsel #NDP LINK:
https://news.ontario.ca/en/bulletin/1003229/ontario-reinstitutes-kings-counsel-designationHilarious! Ontario lawyers snickered at other provinces’ KC (formerly QC) designation as an old fashioned and useless appendage. Watch as some fall over themselves to get one. Or cozy up to the “right” people.
#onpoli #Ontario #KingsCounsel #law https://news.ontario.ca/en/bulletin/1003229/ontario-reinstitutes-kings-counsel-designation
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